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ICTs, Climate Change and Development: Overview Concepts

This framework explores the relationship between ICTs, climate change, and development, highlighting the potential for ICTs to enhance resilience in the face of climate change impacts. It provides a comprehensive overview of concepts and strategies for mitigation, adaptation, and resilience building.

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ICTs, Climate Change and Development: Overview Concepts

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  1. ICTs, Climate Change and Development:Overview Concepts Angelica Valeria Ospina & Richard Heeks Centre for Development Informatics University of Manchester, UK Climate Change, Innovation & ICTs Project: http://www.niccd.org Centre for Development Informatics

  2. Why Use Frameworks? • Understanding • Communication • Knowledge-Building:

  3. http://caglecartoons.com Shocks BoP Shocks and Vulnerabilities Vulnerabilities Disaster Illness Poverty Personal Insecurity Water Shortage Environmental Degradation Food Insecurity

  4. ICTs, Climate Change & Development: Overview Model Mitigation (Causes) Strategy Adaptation (Effects) Physical Consumption -Dematerialisation of Goods/Services Journey Substitution e-Enabled: -Carbon Markets -Decision-Making -Policy Networks -Awareness/Capacity-Building -Technology Transfer Application Areas / CC Related Vulnerabilities -Socio-Polítical -Livelihoods & Finance -Health -Habitat -Food (Agriculture) -Water Physical Production -Shift to Knowledge Economy Energy Generation & Distribution -Smart Power/Grid • ICTs Adaptation Role • -Measuring • -Informing & Networking • -Deciding: • Predicting (Risk, Early Warning) • Planning (inc. Local Mitigation) • Coping (Short-Term/ Disaster) • Adapting (Long-Term) • -Transacting • -Producing • -Mobility Monitoring Energy Use Manufacture & Use: -ICTs (Green vs. Brown IT) -Smart Motors/Logistics -Smart Building Design -Smart Transport -CC Data Capture -CC Data Processing -CC Data Presentation and Dissemination

  5. Exogenous Factors ICT Precursors -Data systems -Legal -Institutional -Human -Technological -Leadership -Drivers/ Demand ICT Inputs -Money -Labour -Technology -Values and Motivations -Political support -Targets ICT Intermediates / Deliverables -Locations (e.g. telecentres) -ICTs (e.g. PC, mobile) -Software applications Outputs -New Communication Patterns -New Information & Decisions -New Actions & Transactions Outcomes -Financial & other quantitative benefits -Qualitative benefits -Disbenefits • Climate Change Impacts • -Mitigation • Adaptation • -Monitoring • -Strategy Strategy Implementation Adoption Use Sustainability Scalability READINESS AVAILABILITY UPTAKE IMPACT ICTs, Climate Change and Development: Value Chain

  6. What do we mean by Resilience? ...TRANSFORM ADAPT WITHSTAND RECOVER Ospina & Heeks (2011)

  7. e-Resilience Assets, Institutions & Structures + ICTs Vulnerability Dimensions e-Resilient System Vulnerable System Diversity & Flexibility Micro Meso Macro Robustness …to diversify livelihoods, consult seed varieties, find out prices …to strengthen physical preparedness & institutions Scale Rapidity …to access information on loans, credit programs at meso & macro levels …to speed up access to information & mobilization of resources Redundancy Self-organisation Equality …to receive remittances, access broader networks and expertise Learning …to receive weather alerts & prepare, mobilize coordinate with neighbors …to document & disseminate experiences & traditional knowledge …to implement participatory processes, empowerment Ospina & Heeks (2011)

  8. How do we apply the principles of these models? A practical example: ‘CC Adaptation, ICTs and Water’

  9. CC Adaptation, ICTs and Water Model VULNERABILITY CONTEXT -Livelihoods & Finance -Socio-political Conditions -Health -Human Habitats & Migrations -Food Security -Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services WATER VULNERABILITY DIMENSIONS Adaptive Capacity Adaptive Actions -Water Supply -Water Demand -Water Availability -Water Management -Water Governance ADAPTATION DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES ACUTE SHOCKS CHRONIC TRENDS e-Resilience CLIMATE CHANGE Use Adoption Sustainability Value Chain ICT Precursors -Data systems -Legal -Institutional -Human -Technological -Leadership -Drivers/Demand ICT Inputs -Money -Labour -Technology -Values and Motivations -Political support -Targets Enablers ICT Intermediates / Deliverables -Locations (e.g. telecentres) -ICTs (e.g. PC, mobile) -Software applications Strategy Implementation Scalability Constraints READINESS AVAILABILITY UPTAKE IMPACT Ospina & Heeks (2012)

  10. WORKING GROUPS

  11. For Each Framework: • One thing that is goodabout the framework • One way in which you might use the framework in your work • One thing you would suggest changing about the framework Reflecting on ICCD Frameworks

  12. Useful Links NICCD Project Website: www.niccd.org Online Network on ICTs, Climate Change & Development: http://groups.google.co.uk/group/niccd Blog: http://niccd.wordpress.com/ Sponsor: www.idrc.ca

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